The Welsh Levy Board Order 2008

Welsh Statutory Instrument 2008 No. 420 — creates 5 criminal offences.

5offences created

0recorded in force

0revoked

Made: 19 February 2008
In force from: Not determined
Extent: Not stated
Subject: Agriculture, plant health, food production and rural affairs
Made under: And section 146A of the Government of Wales Act 1998, Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order) — published with the instrument by the department that made it. © Crown copyright, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

This Order creates a new body, the Welsh Levy Board (“the Board”) which has functions and duties relating to the beef, sheep and pig industries in Wales. The Order contains provisions for the constitution and proceedings of the Board. The Board may raise levies relating to each industry (article 6). Details of payment of the levies, and the maximum permitted levy, are set out in Schedule 3. Under that Schedule, failure to make a return relating to a levy is an offence. If demanded by a set number of levy payers, the Board must hold a ballot on whether or not the levy system should continue (articles 11 and 12). There are offences relating to the provision of information to the Welsh Levy Board and record-keeping (article 14). The penalty for breach of the Order is a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale (currently £5,000). A full regulatory appraisal of the effect that this instrument will have is available from the Welsh Assembly Government, Cathays Park, Cardiff CF10 3NW.

Offences created by this instrument

Provision of information to the Welsh Levy Board article 15(1) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Provision of information to the Welsh Levy Board article 15(2) · Status not determined · Strict liability
Returns by a slaughterhouse occupier paragraph 3(3) of SCHEDULE 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability
Returns and payment of the levy by exporters paragraph 5(1) of SCHEDULE 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability
Enforcement paragraph 6(2) of SCHEDULE 3 · Status not determined · Strict liability

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